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Back to Search#190: The Community Creates the Market
Episode 190
The community creates the market. For Chef Mu that is not a tagline -- it is what he witnesses every time he shows up. In this episode, Melissa L. Jo…
4 hours ago
#189: Nana Kumi: The Land Remembers
Episode 189
The land remembers. And Nana listening. In this episode, Melissa L. Jones sits down with Nana Kumi, a queer Black southern artist, filmmaker, herbali…
2 weeks ago
#188: Growing Resilience in the South with Sade Meeks
Episode 188
Some of the most powerful lessons come from the most ordinary moments — a grandmother's garden, a Sunday dinner table, a bowl of grits. Melissa L. Jo…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
#187: Designing a Just Food Future with Dr. Celeste Davis
Episode 187
Host Melissa L. Jones sits down with Dr. Celeste Davis—public health educator, design strategist, and director of the Public Health Scholars Program …
4 months, 1 week ago
#186: From Lineage to Land: Umi’s Journey of Ancestral Farming
Episode 186
Returning-generation farmer and community herbalist Bianca “Umi” Anthony shares how she’s reclaiming seven acres of her family’s 1950s land in rural …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
#185: Nurturing Our Seeds: Detroit Roots, Community Power
Episode 185
Erin Cole, founder of Nurturing Our Seeds in Detroit, shares how a porch-side safety moment on Helen Street—mowing vacant lots for elders—grew from a…
5 months ago
#184: SWAP: Fashioning Environmental Justice with Zsameria Rayford
Episode 184
From living-room swaps to a decade of citywide pop-ups, Zsameria Rayford’s SWAP DC → SWAP Universe shows how style and sustainability move together. …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
#183: SiStained8: From Kitchen Scraps to Living Soil
Episode 183
Najwa Womack, founder of SiStained8 in Washington, D.C., traces her path from early nature moments to teaching compost as the art of growing soil. Sh…
6 months, 1 week ago
#182: Black Cotton and the Power of Legacy with Julius Tillery
Episode 182
Cotton has long been a cornerstone of American agriculture and culture. Julius Tillery, a fifth-generation cotton farmer and founder of Black Cotton,…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
#181: Roots, Recipes & Storytelling with Antoinette Johnson
Episode 181
Chef, storyteller, and advocate Antoinette Johnson takes us back to her Black Southern roots, where family traditions and community gatherings first …
7 months ago